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Workplace pension fees
Hi everybody - 1st post !! I have my own small sole trader business, and I am putting my husband on the payroll ( my only employee ) Thinking about a workplace pension for him, and the cheapest way for both of us to avoid any extra fees. Is there a best overall workplace pension provider that has low fees for both employee…
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Selling excess stock wholesale
I have imported stock in the beauty market from the US, before the downturn in the economy and unfortunately have so far only sold half of it. I need to sell the excess stock in bulk, for cash flow purposes. Where is the best place to do this?
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Money Moral Dilemma: Do I need to keep chasing someone I owe £1,000 to?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... I'm self-employed, and when I have too much work on, I subcontract it. Several months ago, I subcontracted £1,000 of work to a supplier I've been using for years. A month later, when I requested an invoice so I could pay up, I was told it'd be sent as soon as possible.…
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Getting paid for freelance work - Person hiding behind Isle of Man registered companies.
At the end of 2021, I did some freelance work for a person. At first I got paid, but since January 2022 nothing has been paid. I stopped the work at the end of January 2022, and am now owed over £4k. After many requests for payment, I am considering using the small claims process. My concern is I don't have an address for…
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VAT reclaiming on a event tickets ??
Hi,I'm going to do an event and this time the venue and I are doing a 75/25 split.On there end its 25% + 20 VAT then I get my cut (55%).They will be selling the tickets and they are vat registered. If Im VAT registered can I reclaim that 20% back? Regards
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Reclaim statutory maternity pay
Hi Employee of mine (my wife) was on furlough @ £471 a month since the beginning of the furlough scheme (on my Ltd company). She wouldn't be entitled to SMP normally at that pay because it's less than £120 a week. However because it was 80% pay due to furlough, the below applies: under the parapgrah titled Employees…
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Buying Crypto through company
I'm considering (only tentatively atm) buying my first crypto currency, using spare money from my limited company. To me it feels like putting money on a horse, I am under no illusions that it will definitely pay dividends, I am just willing to give it a try. My question is, where do I go to safely buy some? I'm thinking…
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Help required ending hair dressing partnership
Hi Hope someone can send me a link to some advice Thanks
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Micro Biz on verge of collapse whilst waiting for an insurance payout
Loaf.my is a micro-business founded in lockdown. We have an insurance policy with Simply Business underwritten by AXA. On the 12th March 2022 our coffee shop was broken into for the second time in 13 months (the first was relatively minor but still a setback for a new business). Our insurance claim to cover the circa £15k…
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BEST BUSINESS CREDIT CARDS
Currently looking for a new business credit card. I pay my card in full every month (Natwest Business Card) Looking for better options - Barclay credit card 3% cash back on travel and Capitalontap 1% cash back card seem to come up a lot on search engines. Are these currently the best 2 cards available? TIA
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Business Bank Account Frozen
I am a small hotel owner and Natwest have frozen our business bank account. They asked us to complete some company information back in February which we did, and they said that was all good and that they would let us know if they required any further information. Last Wednesday our account stopped working. We had had no…
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Self-employed -- impact on registered address ?
Hello, I'm going self-employed but would like to use my elderly parents' address as the formal location. I won't be resident and no business would take place there. Are there any consequences to doing this? I don't know what, but maybe affecting their Council Tax or something? Also they live in Scotland while I am in…
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Non Domestic rates Liability
I closed my high street shop in Oct 2019 and council sent an invoice for £313 as final bill, that was paid in time. Yesterday I received a letter from council for legal proceedings to recover £1045 that I owe them! I am not aware of this outstanding amount. I just rang the department and they are claiming it to be a…
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Companyhouse strikeoff suspended
Strike off action suspended by saying the below info in company house website. I would like to know what this means and also is there a way I could get the list of creditors of this company?
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Changing Basis For Car Expenses
For convenience I have always used the 45p/ mile method for business mileage for a car used for both business and private use. I am sure that I would be much better off working out the actual car expenses and apportioning it to get a figure for business use. Can I just decide from a certain date to change or is it more…
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Accountancy service for part-time DJ work?
I'm starting to have mobile DJ gigs every weekend, and the income is at the point where I will definitely need to file a tax return next year. I also want to be able to offset equipment purchases against the tax return. I work full-time as a software engineer during the week and pay tax through PAYE at the moment in…
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Strange Tripadvisor request
We advertise our non-uk EU property on Holiday Lettings which is part of Trip Advisor.Yesterday, I had the following email which is rather confusing. Hello J B, We're writing to you today to get clarification from you about the nature of your rental operations. New consumer protection laws that are soon coming into force…
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Signing up for MTD
Anyone else having problems trying to get to the gov.uk page to sign up to MTD. Every time I follow the relevant link(s) it just takes my to a random page explaining how to charge, reclaim and record VAT. This is the link I've been following - https://www.gov.uk/vat-record-keeping/sign-up-for-making-tax-digital-for-vat
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MTD best free software.
hi, ive a small one man business which i have been running for over 30 years. i have been using quickbooks 2002 premier , which has done everything i have needed up to now. now it look like i need to transfer everything onto a MTD compliant software program. As my business nearly went down the pan over the last 2 years…
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Best alternative to Hermes?
I run a small business delivering cakes etc. over the Internet. We've always used Hermes as they were the cheaper option and have label printing facilities round the corner from us. On occasions they've missed delivery dates but now twice in a row it has been missed. The service is also a joke. Any recommendations for an…
